ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Huh? What? Where am I? I must have fallen asleep. Because the real question of the week isn’t who’s playing campaign kindergarten games. The real question is what CD-1 candidate has the Message, Money and Momentum heading into the final week of the primary. And that’s the only question.
Budget Reality: Senator Gregg: A Republican senator on the president’s fiscal commission said Thursday it will likely recommend tax increases as part of a solution for the nation’s fiscal woes. Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) said on ABC’s “Top Line” webcast that he believes the large majority of the proposal should be composed of spending cuts, [...]
Candidate Bestani speaks truth about “Three Promises”: …Instead, the campaign has degenerated into a game of who can put up the most signs for various events, who can put the more stickers on people’s lapels, who can give the snappiest two minute speeches, and who can make the most outrageous promises that will encourage the [...]
President Obama’s speech yesterday at Carnegie Mellon University is a preview of David Plouffe’s TV whacks to come. Whacks that will absolutely hunt if given an opening by a Republican candidate in “purple” New Hampshire. From the President’s speech: Now, some of you may have noticed that we have been building this foundation without much [...]
James in last Friday’s Political Standing giving Carol Shea-Porter an “UP” arrow (bold mine): Carol Shea-Porter: It was a bi-partisan accepted fact just months ago that Shea-Porter had no chance of re-election. But now there is a growing counter-narrative suggesting that, as one Republican put it, “Carol might not be screwed.” For all the pounding [...]
It’s morning in America. Now get to work. By David Brooks The Ecstasy of Fiscal Policy Let’s say you’re a political consultant. You’re sitting there in your West Hollywood bondage-themed strip club with party donors picking up the tab, and, of course, you’re thinking about what a great country this is. Swept up in the [...]
What Team Bass and Team Guinta are (probably) reading very closely this morning. Via Politico: “With the Republican Party on the cusp of major gains in the House next year, … one major obstacle remains: tightfisted Republican incumbents. The National Republican Congressional Committee, the key cog in helping to finance GOP campaigns, has banked less [...]
Pindel has posted a copy of the email that Fergus sent around to folks last night. Fergus is the 6th person currently considering a run for the GOP nomination. Good. The more the merrier. Contested primaries are healthy for political parties. Good ideas and good people (should) rise to the top. Especially in a politically [...]
Yesterday’s UL headline: “A Third Candidate Eyes Run For U.S. House Race” That headline is false. And it’s not even close. Rich Ashooh isn’t the 3rd GOP candidate “eying” a run for CD-1. He’s the 5th. For a newspaper that gets itself worked up into a frothy mess at the idea of anyone but NH [...]
Dean Barker on the health care legislation passed by the U.S. House last night: This is the single most important piece of legislation coming from the Democratic party in decades. It’s not the best bill, but it’s damn good. It is meaningful, identifiable change in how way Americans get and keep access to health care. [...]